1.   A number of companies have submitted bids to buy the supermarket chain.

2.   All bids must be submitted in writing to the above address.

3.   In the event of two or more applicants for the same franchise, both parties will be able to submit higher bids.

4.   On a large construction project, for example, the estimating process begins with the Decision to submit a bid.

5.   Three times Public Works submitted bids, and three times it lost.

6.   The bids were submitted in May and were meant to have been kept under wraps until October.

7.   He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the struggling magazine.

8.   Individual small bids may be submitted on a non-competitive basis and the bidder receives stock at the mean accepted price.

9.   Such bids are regularly submitted but only account for a very small amount of stock allotted.

10.   Also, Lexington-based Raytheon Co. recently declined to submit a bid, these people say.